Why Humanity Isn't Finished Yet
14 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Eckhart Tolle argues humanity is still evolving, not finished. If we were complete, our current dysfunctions would be permanent. Because we're unfinished, we can transcend them.

Eckhart Tolle argues humanity is still evolving, not finished. If we were complete, our current dysfunctions would be permanent. Because we're unfinished, we can transcend them.
Humanity is not a finished product. It's a work in progress. That's the good news. If humanity were not a work in progress, that would be terrible. That means the collective consciousness as it is now would not evolve anymore. And all the dysfunction that is built into the collective consciousness, but also, of course, into each individual consciousness, all that dysfunction would be part of human nature. This will never change. That would be terrible.

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